Space on campus

Space to develop your own venture

Our campuses are enterprising by design, providing everything from pop-up shops to test your initial ideas through to incubation spaces to develop your venture in a collaborative and supportive environment.

We have a range of short-term and longer-term options to suit your needs. From hot desks to co-working spaces, you can find support for your idea, project or business at every step of your journey.

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Student Ventures

Got a great business idea? We’ll be on hand to help you at every stage of your entrepreneurial journey.

Learn more about Student Ventures

Incubation space (co-working desk space)

Develop your own venture in a collaborative, supportive environment with others on the same journey as you.

Our exclusive Student Ventures Incubation Hub offers 24/7 co-working space on Frenchay Campus for student start-ups.

Submit a question through My Questions in Infohub (login required) to find out more how you can take advantage of any of this spaces.

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The Foundry

Join us for hackathons and immersive technology events in our newly upgraded space that’s also home to our enterprise studios, where you can get paid, real-world experience on industry technology projects while you study.

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Launch Space

If you’ve graduated from any UK university in the last three years and are looking to set up or grow your own innovative, high-tech business, we can help you bring your business ideas to life.

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Campus and facilities

Over the last five years, we've invested £300 million into our state-of-the-art facilities. Creating the most effective and empowering setting for our students and people to discover their potential.

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Advice and business support

Online resources, business advice clinics, an entrepreneurs support programme and a team of enterprise advisers.

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Financial support and funding for start-ups and business ideas

A range of funding opportunities to help you get your idea off the ground or take it to the next level, from pitching competitions to start-up scholarships.